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| Born | Oliver Sean Alvares 11 October 1979 Goa, India |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Website | oliversean |
Oliver Sean (born Oliver Sean Alvares; 11 October 1979) is a singer-songwriter, based in Algarve, Portugal.[1][2] His brand of music is known for its Americana influence with acoustic rock, world and contemporary undertones.
Born in Goa, India, Sean has lived most of his life abroad, including Dubai and the UK.[3] His eclectic global music style is the trademark for his brand. It's attributed to his mixed Portuguese and Goan Lineage. Sean's discography with WOA International started in 1999 with his single "There She Is Again"[4] at the age of 19, having recorded it three years earlier.
As a composer, record producer and filmmaker, Sean's productions have been broadcast on international channels including MTV and VH1 and he has had several No.1 chart listings, and major top 10 chart rankings worldwide. Some of the highlights of his recognition has been Nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 and hitting the Billboard Top 10 charts across multiple genres, including the Billboard Blues Album Charts and World Singles Charts. Some of his breakout chart successes have been Billboard Top 10 at number 6 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales Charts in 2019 with "Doing That (Time. Love. Happiness)" [5] and #8 on the Billboard Top 10 Blues Album Charts with his album Devil is Back in August 2020.[6] The singer songwriter also secured his first UK top 50 on the Official UK Album Download Charts Official Charts Company.[7] In 2020 the artist made it into the Billboard Top 10 Artist charts [8] and secured another Billboard Blues Album Chart hit with his 2021 lockdown album Garage Sessions, Vol.1,[9]
He is a member of the Recording Academy and a voting member for the Grammy Awards.
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- ^ "Portuguese Artist hits the Billboard Top 10 Charts". The Portugal News.
- ^ "Leicester Indie Artist hits top 10 on Billboard". 11 September 2020.
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- ^ "Billboard Charts". Billboard.
- ^ "Oliver Sean's Garage Sessions hits Billboard Charts". PRLog.